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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14

| crutch for him, however, but apart
from that little inconsistency ne did
not weigh his words. A walking-stick
is crutch, more's the pity and cheap
one, too.
''Then, there are great number OF
men who carry their love for elegant
canes into the regions of foppery, where
rs the best false leg thatwas ever made
was only intended to conceal its ident-
ity, and could not be worn more grace
fully by fop than by pensioned
miner. Canes with silver tops with
which the market has been glutted for
the past two years, silver being cheap0
sticks so light that if the fingers grasp
ing them opened they would be apt to
fly up instead of falling down; sticks so
heavy that they seriously handicap
their owners in a long walk, and would
disappoint both hound and hunter by
sinking if one of them were thrown
into pond for water-dog to replevy;
canes with the head of the missing
link on the handles. and canes with
out any handles at all. They combine
to knock the false leg from under the
men who tell the same story, whether
they left limb on the battlefield of
/ gettysburg or in the vicinity of a Penn
7. ytyania coal-mine."
,tIrc nwood and hgnuna Uitg make the
tsgytrite canes for heavy men; bamboo
and malacca sticks are more in vogue
| among light ones. The redwood of
British Columbia has recently come
into the market, and makes about us
heavy stick as any wood known. 1t
has rich port-wine color, and is very
handsome. In the event of an argu-
ment, it would strike home when logic
failed, for it is as convincingly weighty
as bar of iron, and has great advan-
tage over a sword or pistol, inasmuch
as ii never misses fire, and its possessor
can't cut or pierce himself by falling
upon it in an unguarded moment.
Another objection to the artificial
leg is that man walking with one
through the snow feels the cold in his
toes, although he has no toes to feel it
in. 1t is very queer, but it is an absO-
lutte fact. The sensation of chill re-
mains, even when three feet of iron,
wood. cork OF steel spans the space be-
tween the cold earth and the sensitive
point. Whether man wears q we'll
made artifcialleg or an old-time wooden
peg It'll very necessary that the lower
extremity of the false limb should be
well shod. A cane used in conjunction
with IL common stick leg eases the
pressure on the ground. and may have
some advantages over the scientifically
made limb, but it decreases our profits
enormously.
AZ once sold to a sportsman a leg
that was simply a gun-barrel, with a
cork in the bore. He loaded it before
he went out for walk. and if he came
across II flock of birds he just pulled
out the stopper, leveled his limb and
fired at them. San Francisco Call.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

The rockers on a chair never stick
out half so far behind at any other time
as when a man is prowling around ib
the dark barefooted.
Transformations
Twas a noble old ash, and most bravely it
grew,
With nothing its progress to hinder;
But forest fire struck it, twas burnt through
and through,
And that ash now is naught but a cinder.
"A young lady having read very
long paper ut IL missionary meeting
showing the triumphs of the Gospel.
the minister gave out the hymn begin
ming "Hallelujah, tits done" He wons
dered why everybody smiled.
Little Lucy, running into the paTS
lOr where her mother was entertaining
her daughter Mary's beau until Miss
Mary could complete her toilet and
come down, cried out: -"Oh! mammal
Johnny is dot Mary's teef and wOn1
give 'em to her."
laura" said Mrs. Parvenu. on
the hotel piazza, to her daughters
Laura, go and ask the leader of them
Orchestras to play that sympathy from
Meddlejohn' over again; it's such an
awful favorite of mine; and your
fathers, tool Chicago Herald.
First tramp-Now we've got to
divide fair, Ike. Second tramp-Cert,-
pard. amt had nothin' to eat senee .
Friday, an you amt had no sleep fer
four nights. I'll take tn pullet, an
you take the feathers N go over in
that air barn N enjoy yourself
ITd-Bits.
"A missionary in Africa found a
heather tribe worshiping an Episcopal
prayer-book. and was encouraged to
think that his lines had fallen in pleas
ant places. He wanted to go home
when he learned that the heather had
adopted the book as an idol on account
of its gilded edges after eating. the
missionary who owned it.
"A little boy who was told at Sunday
school that when he died he would leave
his body here. After his return home
he was much troubled in regard to it.
His mother explained by saying, You
will take all the good with you. but
leave all that is naughty here below
He thought a moment, and looking up
said: We'll. fancy I'll be awful thin
when / get there. ''-HaTper' Bazaar:
Little Susie. four years old, Was
being reproved by her mamma, who
said she must be a better girl or she
would have to punish her; that she
was very, very naughty, etc. Susie
began to hum little tune; soon she
sang aloud. Her mamma said: stop
singing; don't you know that it is
saucy for you to sing when am talking
to yOu?' Susie could endure it no
longer. She burst out sobbing and
said: Didn't Mr.. Beecher say that
when you felt bad you must ain4."-s
RSSEb00d
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14

Republican rule. and is in favor OF Just
and equal laws for all. The Repub-
lican party is still welded to the idols
that caused its overthrow in 1884 and
has shown in adversely more malig-
nant and reckless spirit than in pros
perity. 1t can not assimilate itself
with the cause of the people, for it is
the creature and tool of monopoly.
Its intolerance alone is sufficient to
keep it unpopular, and when its innate
tendency to corruption and extrava-
gance is added, nothing more is needed
to show that it is entitled to an in-
definite period of exclusion from the
government of the people. Albany
IN. Y ArQuS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14
CANES AND CRUTCHES.
A Dealer Claims That They Are Supplant-
Ing Artificial Limbs.


ing Artificial Limbs.
Eyes, sir" said IL maker of artificial
limbs in San Francisco. smen are get
Sing to be proud of plain wooden legs
and empty sleeves. The time has not
long gone by when L received nu-
merous orders for legs. with feet at
tached, wondrously combined with
cork, wood and steel, with springs that
moved as finely as those in watch; in
fact, legs that, with their trousers COW
erings, were quite as presentable in
good company as the lost limbs they
replaced. If any attention was at
tracted by the somewhat stiff move
ments of their owners. the plying OBJ
servers would say: Poor fellow. he
has touch of the rheumatism. l can
sympathize with him; am troubled
with it myself occasionally
Nobody then ever said to friend
who asked him to take walk: You
must pardon me, but have only one
leg He made some different excuse;
illness in his family; indisposition; any
thing but inability. But how is it nowe
Why. 3 fellow who, half a dozen years
ago, poked his leg into sewer when
he was staggering to his home little
before dawn, and fractured it so badly
that no repairs were possible. leans
back in his chair and, resting dirty
stick upon the table. while he quietly
smokes big cigar, says to the COM
pany: There, gentlemen. is what
Shiloh left me. I'm an old soldier
and hanu ma TIM r,rOuH of it, ~
az believe the manufacturers of
canes are responsible for the decrease
in the sale of artistically made crutches.
You see a man with strong stick in
his hand can manage to hobble along
tolerably well, even though he has
only one lower limb to support him,
and if he has in addition a plain, old
fashioned wooden-leg. not undermined
by drink, as one of Dickens characters
says they sometimes become. he can
walk about well enough to finish all
the business that one-iegged man is
ever likely to be called upon to do. OF
course men knew this long ago, but it
is only lately that they have taken it
into their stupid heads to imagine that
one leg is better than two, if the lie
with which they account for the loss of
the missing one is only sufficiently
skillfully constructed to be credited.
at is for this reason that I have
taken to selling walking sticks and
canes. False legs won't support me
any longer. Sir Walter Scott said:
Literature is good walking stick. but
bad crutch.' 1t was a very good
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14


Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana
Michigan, Mississippi and Tennessee.
king Humbert, of Italy, never
dances Queen Margaret always takes
part in two or three quadrilles at court
balls.
-MeisSonier IS engaged on a grand
canvas in which he is portraying
dragons galloping past Napoleon
with their heads uncovered.
A New York bookkeeper has sue
ceeded in writing on one side of
postal-card poems, containing 1920
words. 1t took him 8 hours to accom-
plish the task. The letters are about
the size of diamond type.
"A young farmer in Georgia hires 8
negro to plow, and in order to see that
no time is fooled away he rides tha
mule so as to face the plowman, carryS
ing an umbrella over his own head and
using big fan in order to keep cool.
"A guide who has conducted many
bridal couples through the Capitol at
Washington declares that they are his
best customers, because elf n man is
ever going to throw away money ON
his wife. it's when he's first married. u
In the list of letters advertised "a
remaining unclaimed in the Perth Am
boy post-office on April 90 is one adj
dressed to a gentleman who staggers
through life under the megalonymic:
.'Ralyomihaly Tolopsiz .Alcmakovuz
Malyasgd Dojchornk."
Prof. Richard A. Proctor, the emil
nent scientist and astronomer, is here
after to be citizen of Florida, having
purchased a tract of land on Orange
Lake. He says the lower atmosphere OF
Florida is so clear that consultations
stand out in wonderful brilliancy.
Lady Seton has and takes great
pride in showing to all her visitors at
Durham House probably the earliest
autograph letter of Queen Victoria An
existence. 1t is in childish print char
acters and runs thus: How do You
do, my dear Sir Henry? Your little
friend, Victoria" 1t was addressed to
Sir Henry Seton.
Mayor Hewitt, of New York, re%
ceived his first money by reading to Q
rich man three or four hours day for
year. He was then but sixteen years
ceived the munificent compensation Of
fifteen dollars. Ten dollars of this sum
was used to buy his students gown aud
the other five was kept by his mother
for incidental expenses.
Mr.. Webster tells n pleasant story
concerning his Italian journey. He
called on a prominent publisher in TQr-
in. and that worthy upon receipt Of his
card rushed forth with an ELUSIVE wel-
come Mr.. Webster, rather astonished
at so much cordiality in a total strang~
er, suggested that his name could hard
ly be known to his Italian brother in
business. What exclaimed the
Italian, ''the publisher of the 'Pope's
Life!' And then, with a profound
bow-''Your beautiful dictionaryr'-s
ATOOaH1LL
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14

"A wedding ring, first worn in 1S49.
came into the possession of the grand
daughter of the original possessOr, a
Rochester, Pa. girl, and she lost it.
Now, after six years, it has been found
IN garden which had been regularly
worked every year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14

Wife (three a. m.)-''It is very
unkind of you, John, to disturb me
at this unseemly hour when you
know have been making calls all day
and must be very tired" Husband
Gust in)-"Well, I've (hie been
maxim calls all night an I'm (hic)
tired. tOo.-Lye.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14

Naval academies and Scholarships
turn out some pretty good shippers, but
old cheese can doubly discount them
when 1t comes to quantity.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14
PERSONAL AND iMPERSoNAL.

Women are the State librarians OF
Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Michigan, Mississippi and Tennessee.
king Humbert, of Italy, never
dances Queen Margaret always takes
part in two or three quadrilles at court
balls.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14

The rockers on a chair never stick
out half SO far behind at any other time
as when a man is prowling around IN
the dark barefooted.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-01-27

Washington Special: Some Of Walt
Whitman's Massachusetts, friends think
he ought to have pension, and to-day
Mr.. Lowering. ut their request, intro
duced tho bill giving him $25 a month.
The good, gray poet, it is said. has
never thought Of pension for himself,
though he did endure some hardships
during the war. There is fitness in
the move coming from Massachusetts,
as it was in the Bay State that his
means Of support were partially cut off.
A few years ago some of the Boston
purists were shocked at Leaves OF
Grass" Richard Grant White had
been publishing articles in the allan
tic Monthly to show that he himself
could write worse poetry than Whit
man, and Boston had about put the
bane Of disapproval on Poet Walt
along with Mark Twain. But it did
not object to the lack of poetry in
Leaves of Grass" SO much as to the
alleged immortality. The Attorney
General Of the State gave an opinion
that the book was obscene within the
meaning of the statute. and the publish
ing firm which had put the volume
forth withdrew it from sale. Having
refused to Let his book be sold among
them the willingness Of the Bay State
people to let the Government help sup
port Walt Whitman is a piece of con-
dcsccnsion worthy of mention.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-01-27

Bombay Guardian: Some natives
travelling BY some unfrequented part Of
the jungle in the Bulandshahr district
were surprised to see 4 small boy or
8 years old crawling about on hands
and feet. On drawing near they were
amazed to see the boy disappear quick
" within the interior of large hole.
which. on closer inspection, turned out
to be the dwelling-place Of some wild
beast. They reported the occurrence
to the magistrate sahib Of Bulandshahr,
who dispatched messengers to the spot
with instructions to light fire at the
mouth of the cave. This was done.
and on the binding fumes making
their way into the farthest corner Of the
hole snarling she-wolf sprang forth
with bound. Amoment later the boy, too.
came forth. when he fell an easy prey
to those intent on securing him. On
conveying him to the magistrate the
boy was found to be speechless. imbecile,
and as near an approach to An animal
as q human being can possibly be.
Vegetable food was offered to him. but
this he refused, and it was only when
meat was placed before him that he
would eat. In the orphanage he soon
learned to walk upright, partakc Of
vegetable food, and to wear clothing.
All attempts to teach him to speak have
been fruitless, and he is void to ordinary
reason, though not altogether unintelli-
gent.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-01-27
Religious Persec utis n ut Oxford

London Times: Oxford is threatened
with the revival Of the antiquated
which was PUT in action
nearly half a century since against Dr.
Pussy, when he was sentenced to 4
years suspension from the university
pulpit. The Rev. {. Fletcher, rector
of Carfax, is at present one Of the Sc
lect preachers to the university, and in
this capacity preached II short while
since sermon Of very liberal tendency,
The Rev. f. S. Ffoulkes, vicar of st.
Mary's, has laid complaint against
this sermon before the Vice-Chanoellor,
DR.. Bellamy, the President of St. Johns
and called upon him 10 appoint six
Doctors Of Divinity, rs was done in the
case of DIR. Pusey, to sit in judgement
on the sermon, which he accuses OF
several heresics. among others denial
of the tenet of the fall of Adam. The
vice-C Chancellor has called for q copy
of the sermon, and the matter has, n
yet. gone no further
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-01-27
Turning White.

A Chicago paper says that in Il clint
cal lecture at the College Of Physicians
and Surgeons DR.. Henry }. Reynolds
called attention to the peculiar case Of
\ colored boy in the city whose skin is
gradually turning white. Such eases
are rare, the doctor said, but this case
was especially peculiar in that, while
the father and mother Of the boy were
both negroes, the mother and six of the
twelve children were also spotted. One
Of the remaining children had white
hair over a part Of his scalp. while the
other five were all black. The changes
in all Of the spotted members of the
family began while they were still
Young. The disease which causes this
change was known as vitiligo. and was
probably due to an impaired function
Of the nerves that presided over the
nutrition OF the part, which produced
an imperfect supply or distribution of
the pigment or coloring matter Of the
skin. The family are all otherwise
healthy.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-01-27
A Picturesque Old Tower.

There are but two or three places Of
any historic interest on Lake Como.
and of these the town of Como.
itself is the chief.
On the top Of hill. which forms the
back ground of the town. stands most
picturesque ivy covered old tower. Not
window. crack, or erevice breaks the
stretch of stone from top to bottom
and its curious construction almost tells
its cruel history.
Sometime in the fifteenth century a
duke of Como loved beautiful Yer
onese lady. who however preferred a
young lord of her native city. The
duke, infuriatcd at the rejection Of his
suit. vowed vengeance upon the luck
less lover, and added the tower NELL
toned above to his splendid castle.
Then he waited. like all evil spirits in
legends. until just before the marriage
of the happy pair, when he took the
young man prisoner one night, and
bearing him to hisown domain, lowered
him with ropes into the dark round
tower. There he left him. and the
third night after, SO the story goes, thu
peasants in the neighborhood saw q
white dove fly from the tower and bear
straight to heaven human heart; and
to this day the old Castle Baradelis
(such it is called) is the favorite haunt
of doves, and no good peasant ever
kills one without breathing an Ave-
Maria or devoutly crossing himself. =
Cor Omaha Bee.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-01-27
An Odd Experience.

preachers have odd experiences of
which they say very little said the
minister. ..When instituted my Sun
day evening meetings ! was very much
gratitied at the large attendance Of
Young people. | attributed the large
audience, Of course, to interest in re-
ligious services, and took all the
young ladies and young gentleman into
my heart and praised them without
stint for their exhibition of zeal. One
night as announced the hymn. 4 Need
Thee Every Hour distinctly saw a
young lady in one Of the front seats
nudge young gentleman ut her side.
Three seats back saw a young gentle
man nudge young lady, and tive seats
back Isaw an another gentleman nudg
a young lady. This set me to think
ing, and the next Sunday night gave
out the hymn with my eyes wide open,
and, as l uttered the words, i Need
Thee Every Hour / saw several
people nudge several other people, and
my notions of the zeal Of these young
ladies and gentlemen changed. They
came to church to be in each other 5
company.S
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-01-27
chick of the bolt that told me that she

click of the bolt that told me that she
was in security.
The figure Of a man, which in the
dim light / read to be Hardy. came
quietly along the passage; very s'owly,
as il fearful Of making noise. When
he got nearly opposite the doorway in
which was standing, the gentle creak.
ing Of the staircase machinery made
itself audible. The light from the hall
shone for moment into the dusk of the
passage, and a figure which looked like
that Of Plowitz quickly entered. Har-
dy, from where he was crouching, had
not enjoyed the advantages that had.
and awaited cautiously the approach OF
the new conner. saw him, my eyes
being now accustomed to the darkness,
I saw him slide past the form Of Plo-
witt, who was waiting apparently for
a signal. or to get his eyes accvstomed to
the light. There was Sigh click as
Hardy reached the lever. which worked
the staircase. Had he been warned,
then, rather late, and was he on the
lookout for me? Did he take Plowitz
for an unlicensed intruder? Apparent
" he did. But Plowitz? At the sound
made by Hardy he turned and raised
his hand. There was long dagger in
it.
..YOu are there!" he Kissed.
Hardy, seeking to secure his prisoner,
promptly laid hand on Plowitz's col
lar, and then there was quick blow, a
gurgle, gasp, heavy, helpless-sound-
ing fall.
..Ha, ha, Mr.. Music Master!' chuckled
Plowitz. .'you have found out more
than is desirable. It is bad for you.
Plowitz never has to strike a second
blow"
fro RE cONTYNuED.1
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-01-27
The English Bible.

The English version of the Scriptures
now in use, is itself the result of re-
pcated rcyisions, There are still en-
tant, parts Of the Bible in Saxon trans
lated by Bede, by Alfred the Great and
by Aclfric OF Canterbury. The first
complete translation of the Bible was
made by Wycliffe about A. ID. 1880.
The work was regarded with grave
suspicion, and bill was introduced in
to the House of Lords for suppressing
it, but through the influence of John
O'Gaunt, this was rejected. The first
printed edition of the Bible in English
was published by Tyndale. the New
Testament in 1926, and the bible I'M
part in 1892. On the death of Tyndalc,
Miles Cerisdale revised the whole and
dedicated it to King Henry the Eight,
A. D. 1885. In 1903 King James
resolved on revision, and for that
purpose appointed fifty-fonr men Of
learning and piety. Forty-seven only
undertook the work. and in four years
from .607-1l,) it was completed
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-01-27
The Cars Antipathy to Germans.

Odessa Dispatch to London News:
Further evidence, If indeed further
evidence were necessary ut the present
moment. of the Cars antipathy to
persons and things German within the
Empire is an imperial order by which,
at the commencement of the Russian
New Year, all customs officers of Ger
man nationality at present employed
along the German and Austrian
frontiers are to be dismissed from their
posts. This order will disastrously
affect very numerous body of Russo
German officials. Russia for the
Russians has evidently become the
wa.chword for the present OF the inter-
nal policy Of tho Empire. You may
remember that ! telegraphed to You Il
few weeks ago the Russfication of the
old German nomenclature OF the
Teutonic colonies and Southern Russia.